Animal sanitary appliance



May 30, 1939. 1 2,160,473

ANIMAL SANITARY APPLIANCE Filed Dec. 14, 1938 INVENTOR. fan/ara f. 500/7 avg a? ATTORNEY Patented May 30, 1939 Q UNITED STATES-PATENT OFFICE ANIMAL SANITARY APPLIANCE Edward I. Dunn, San Francisco, Calif.

Application December 14, 1938, Serial No. 245,597

2 Claims. (Cl. 119-95) This invention relates to an article holder and, arms and serves as a means to adjust the posimore particularly, to such a holder enabling an tion of the saddle on the animal. article such as a paper cup, to be positioned and When the ring I2 is not in position, the arms held in position on an animal. For example, the 8 and 9 normally extend away from each other 5 present invention enables a receptacle to be posiin opposite directions. In this position a suit- 5 tioned on an animal and held in position to the able receptacle, such as the paper cup indicated end that the animal does not commit a nuisance. generally at I4, is readily slipped into place in The present invention is particularly suited to the loop 1 until the rim on the paper cup enuse by animal lovers, particularly dog lovers who gages t e 0 p In this position t e dev c s insist upon owning dogs in crowded centers of ready t be st d and accordingly he arms 10 population. The application of such a device 8 and 9 are p d and brou towa d each will be readily apparent to any resident in a Other generally into at Po in which y large city where it is the common practice to walk p in u e e r n s then pp the dogs about the city streets for exercise. For 011 and the harness is ready 0 be p o e x l i New k t t problem h Normally the tail of the animal is slipped through 15. become so aggravated that the police department the p between the v t and t e ring has even actually installed signs along the sidethe ring l2 being further slid along the s 8 Walk Curb your 7 and 9 until the arms securely engage the dogs t is in general t object of t present tail and retain the harness in place. In this vention to provide a simple article receptacle position e p p p is P p y placed on t e 20 holding means particularly suited for positioning dog o nu sance avoidance. Since the strucd removal upon d ture is light in weight it is worn by the animal Another object of the present invention is to without any inconvenience and without attractprovide a simple device which is readily installed ihg his attention to a y particular extent.

for use, is easy to clean, and imple t manip When it is desired to remove the harness, the 25 ulate. ring I 2 is slipped along the arms 8 and 9 and The invention includes other objects and feathe harness lifted 1 CE he tail of the animal.

tures of advantage, some of which, together with Y removing the ring l2 f om the arms 8 and 9 the foregoing, will appear hereinafter at length and y Separat g the a ms 3 and 9 and invertwhen the present preferred form of animal hare harness, t e p p clip readily slip Out 30 nes i dis l d and can be discharged into a garbage can or In the drawing accompanying and forming a other Waste p c epart hereof, Figure 1 is a side elevation of a If ir fl xible mem ers su h as a str n preferred embodiment of the present invention or rubber band l6 can be secured to arm 8 so in combination with a suitable receptacle. that the arms 8 and 9 can be held in position on 35 Figure 2 is an end elevation, the dotted line t a portion thereof showing the receptacle in posi- I Claiml I t 1. In a device of the character described, an

Figure 3 is a plan view of the embodiment of elongated pring strip membe OPed d Se- 40 the present invention Shown herein cured upon itself to provide a receptacle receiv- 40 AS appears in the drawing the device of the ing portion and arm portions extending therepresent invention is easily and readily manufrom rubber Pubmg covering F of sand arms factured from a length of flat spring material g g g i Sald g q i indicated generally at 6. This is looped upon jg g f gi g er an m acoopera- V6 6 m 45 itself to provide a receptacle receiving portion 2. In a device of the character described an 1 and extendmg arms 8 and A 1s elongated spring strip member looped and seplaced at the end of the loop 1 to retam the cured upon itself to provide a receptacle receivreceptacle receiving portion at the desired size. m portion and arm portions extending there- The extending a 3 and 9 are Preferably from, and a ring slidable along said arms to 50 rubber covered anda suitable rubber tubing insecure said arms together and in a cooperative dicated generally at H is conveniently slipped clamping relationship. on the arms. A ring I2 is engaged Over both EDWARD I. DUNN. 

